Despite significant structural and social change, the share of women working or seeking
jobs in Turkey has declined. This paper focuses on the role of social conservatism as a …

The low level of women's employment in Muslim-majority countries is often explained by
patriarchy, while disregarding variation among and within these countries. Using a new …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of conservatism in shaping women's labor
force participation decision. Turkey is a particularly important case as, unlike in many other …

Turkey witnessed a remarkable transformation over the last century. However, the female
labour force participation rate (FLFPR) stagnated around 30 per cent, well below the OECD …

We explore the role of paid work in women's empowerment in Turkey by analyzing the
variation in employment status and occupational position of Turkish women according to …

Turkey has one of the widest male–female employment gaps in the world. The post-1950
interplay between economic growth strategies and the male-breadwinner family led to …

This article offers an empirical study of the influence of religiosity on womens labor force
participation across 48 countries. Using the 2005-wave of the World Values Survey, I …

This paper empirically examines whether female labour force participation (FLFP) in a cross‐
section of countries between 1985 and 2005 varies depending upon the religion practised in …

Female labour force participation varies greatly between different ethnic groups, but
previous research on human capital and household conditions has not been able to fully …

In this research we study support for traditional female roles. We test individual and
contextual explanations for differences in support for traditional female roles within and …